471. ROAD TO GILEAD: The History of Queerphobia with Abigoliah Schamaun and Dr Harry Tanner - part two

The Guilty Feminist

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Comedy

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Guilty Feminist 471. The History of Queerphobia Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Abigoliah Schamaun with special guest Dr Harry Tanner Recorded 13 February 2026 at the Museum of Comedy in London. Released 23 February 2026. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborahfrances-white.com https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811 https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120 More about Abigoliah Schamaun https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1GBgUIMG4 https://linktr.ee/ndm_book https://podfollow.com/all-british-comedy-explained More about Dr Harry Tanner https://www.instagram.com https://harryjamestanner.com For more information about this and other episodes… visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT Come to a live show Waterstone’s Book Club, 23 February. https://www.waterstones.com/events/the-guilty-feminist-x-waterstones-book-club-jess-robinson-and-max-olesker/london-piccadilly Zack Polanski and Juno Dawson at The Union Chapel, 5 March. https://www.gigantic.com/the-guilty-feminist-tickets/london-union-chapel/2026-03-05-18-30 31 March Bloomsbury Theatre. https://www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/03/guilty-feminist-live Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of the AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to part two of the Guilty Feminist. So plug in and get ready for the fun.
0:11.4	Thank you, thank you, thank you, welcome. I always say if you love an audience, let them go.
0:18.6	If they come back, they're yours. If they don't lock the doors. Thank you so much for all coming back. I can't believe. I thought some people would go, but everyone seems to have come back. So we love you so much. On the 5th of March, we're at the Union Chapel. That's very big venue. Which is 900 seats, but it's selling very fast. It will sell out. And our guest is Zach Polanski. So it's going to be like a, I think it's going to be a bit like a bit of an excitable rally. You don't have to be planning to vote green to come. You can be planning to vote strategically against reform. You can be voting. But I think what Zach's doing is forcing Labor to go left.
0:56.6	And I think that's, you know, the way that you kept forced to the Tories to have an ill-advised,
1:03.4	overly simplistic referendum that has destroyed our country.
1:09.6	I feel like Zach will push Labor to go left,
1:12.1	and I also think there might be a green labor coalition,
1:15.4	and I mean, who knows?
1:19.7	And I feel like there is a genuine, really big future for the Green Party,
1:24.1	and I feel like looking around the political landscape,
1:27.0	I've got gotta tell you,
1:27.5	I back Zach.
1:29.9	That's a slogan for a bumper sticker right there.
1:32.5	I'm trying to get it.
1:34.0	I'm trying to get it going.
1:35.5	So we're going to have Juno Dawson is the co-host who's absolutely brilliant.
1:40.8	But also there's some secret singers.
1:45.4	I'm not allowed to say who they are because they're also on tour and then their agents won't know them announce. But we will have
1:49.3	some music there. Can you whisper it in my ear? No. There'll always be people who lupread.
1:57.8	I've promised. But there'll be some great, there'll be some lovely singers and it's going to feel like a party.
2:02.6	It's going to feel very, very joyful and we're really going to go there. There's going to be some stand-up comedy. There's going to be some fun. And it's going to, because it's 900 seats and it's selling out, it's going to feel like a real, yay, rally. So, a place of hope.
2:15.5	So I would love you to come.
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